Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff, Ultimate Strength!

The Rosen Mountains were a special gathering ground for soul beasts within the Star Luo Empire. To return to Shrek Academy, Qiangu Qitian had to cut through the outskirts of this mountain range.

Only then could he return to the academy at the fastest possible speed.

The White Emperor Feathers spread across his back fluttered slightly, instantly whipping up gusts of wild wind. Bolstered by those winds, his speed increased by another twenty to thirty percent.

Ever since obtaining the White Emperor Feathers, Qiangu Qitian had gained the ability to control the wind. After so much time had passed, he had long since explored this ability to its limit. With a mere thought, he could attach the ever-present winds of heaven and earth to his body and enhance his speed.

However, just as he passed through the Rosen Mountains, a roar that sounded both like a lion and a mastiff suddenly rang out. The terrifying Soul Power fluctuations within it made Qiangu Qitian's face turn pale, nearly causing him to plummet from the sky.

What kind of soul beast was that roar from?!

A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast? No, that was impossible. According to the investigations, there were no Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts in the Rosen Mountains at all.

Then what kind of soul beast was it, to possess such terrifying might with nothing but its roar?

In an instant, Qiangu Qitian's interest was thoroughly piqued. He continuously flew higher into the sky, concealing his aura as he slowly approached the place where the roar had come from.

Before long, a special soul beast appeared before Qiangu Qitian. It resembled both a lion and a dog, its entire body covered in golden fur, while its head bore black ghost-face markings.

At the sight of this soul beast, Qiangu Qitian's pupils suddenly contracted, and excitement swiftly flooded his entire body.

This soul beast was a Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff!

Moreover, it was a Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff more than thirty thousand years old, a super soul beast that had independently mastered the Domination Domain and ultimate strength from birth.

In Qiangu Qitian's eyes, this soul beast was the one most suited to him. As long as he could absorb it, his strength would undergo a qualitative leap!

Even his own power would completely transform into ultimate strength!

His explosive power had already been unparalleled. If his attribute transformed into ultimate strength as well, then his combat ability would soar drastically in a short time. Even facing a Spirit Saint—or even a high-level Spirit Saint—directly as a Spirit King would not be much of a problem.

Although the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff below was only thirty thousand years old, Qiangu Qitian was certain that its strength was absolutely no weaker than that of an ordinary Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

With his own abilities, hunting a soul beast like this was almost impossible. Fortunately, he had people behind him!

Qiangu Qitian firmly committed the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff to memory, then swiftly flapped the White Emperor Feathers behind him and headed toward Shrek City.

Three days later...

Qiangu Qitian finally returned to Shrek City. The moment he entered the city, he headed straight toward Sea God Island in Shrek Academy's Inner Academy.

He did not slow down in the slightest along the way.

Shrek City was, in essence, a place where flying across the city was forbidden, but that rule was for outsiders.

For Qiangu Qitian, that rule clearly did not apply very well.

At the very least, as he sped through Shrek City, not a single person came forward to stop him.

Within the Shrek City Lord's Manor, a tall middle-aged man who appeared to be in his thirties or forties saw the flying Qiangu Qitian through the window and could not help shaking his head slightly.

His name was Shi Xing, a Rank 94 titled Douluo.

His martial soul was the extremely rare Time-Space Silver Plate, a special martial soul that lay between time and space.

And his titled name was even more domineering: Time-Space!

Shi Xing had locked onto Qiangu Qitian the instant he entered Shrek City. Yet after sensing Qiangu Qitian's aura, he released his lock and merely shook his head helplessly.

Among Shrek's titled Douluo, who did not know that Qiangu Qitian was Elder Mu's disciple?

He was also the future successor to the Sea God Pavilion by a generation.

He was merely crossing Shrek City, not committing some grave offense. How could Shi Xing possibly be foolish enough to provoke a peerless genius who could at least reach Xuan Zi's level?

Returning to the matter at hand, after Qiangu Qitian swiftly arrived at Sea God Island, he immediately found Mu En, who had nothing to do and was dozing at that moment.

"Teacher, wake up. I found a way to treat your body!"

Qiangu Qitian's words abruptly made the dozing Mu En open his eyes.

Mu En no longer had his usual laziness. At that moment, a sharp gleam flashed in his eyes, his expression becoming incomparably solemn. A vast aura instantly spread out, directly enveloping all of Sea God Island.

That aura even alarmed quite a few pavilion elders.

Just as those pavilion elders were preparing to rise and head toward Mu En's location—

A burst of Mu En's spiritual power immediately made them abandon the thought of going.

"What exactly happened? You went out once and found a way for your teacher to recover?"

At that moment, Mu En looked at his disciple, drew a deep breath, and spoke with utmost seriousness.

His life had already entered its countdown. The reason he had not left Shrek Academy all these years was also because he needed to protect the academy.

He was deeply worried that after his death, Shrek would decline from then on.

If he could truly recover from his injuries, then with the strength of a Limit Douluo, he would have at least several decades left to live.

With those several decades, he would no longer need to worry about Shrek declining.

With him around, Shrek could fully endure until Qiangu Qitian, Zhang Lexuan, Beibei, Ma Xiaotao, and the others had completely matured.

Compared with his desire to live, Mu En was more suspicious that his disciple had been deceived.

Mu En had no choice but to suspect that one of his enemies might be planning to use his disciple's hands to take his life completely.

"Teacher, please use your Soul Power to remove the curse on this engraving knife."

Qiangu Qitian immediately took out the Spirit-Devouring Engraving Knife and placed it directly before Mu En under his curious gaze.

"A curse?"

Mu En looked at the engraving knife Qiangu Qitian had placed before him and could not help frowning.

As a Limit Douluo with a light attribute, Mu En could naturally sense the dense resentment on the engraving knife with ease.

Dispersing it would not be difficult for him, but he could not understand what this engraving knife had to do with treating his body.

Though puzzled, Mu En did not hesitate. He immediately extended his hand.

The next moment, dense light-attributed power gathered in his palm.

Under the light attribute, the Spirit-Devouring Engraving Knife immediately began to melt away rapidly, like snow beneath sunlight.

As the curse continuously melted away, a trace of life aura finally spread out...